Shunning their middle-class lifestyle of running a shop, Chinese couple Liao Xiaoming, 39, and his wife Wang Xuanna decided to move to the two-metre square corner of a public loo with their 12-year-old son.

But they have a good reason for their move - free education for son Wang.

And they are prepared to live with the public seeing their home when they pop in to use the toilet.

Dad Xiaoming said: "We heard that city employees who run public toilets get free education for their children.